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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Bourbon county was formed in the year
1785,
and is one of the nine organized by the Virginia legislature before Kentucky
became an independent State. It was named in compliment to the Bourbon
Family of France - a prince of that family, then upon the throne, having
rendered the American colonies most important aid, in men and money, in
the great struggle for independence. The county is bounded north by Harrison,
east by Montgomery, south by Clarke, and west by Fayette. It lies in the
heart of the garden of Kentucky - the surface gently undulating, the soil
remarkably rich and productive, based on limestone, with red clay foundation.
Hemp, corn and wheat are cultivated in the county, and grasses, generally,
grow in great luxuriance; but stock appears to be the staple article of
commerce. Horses, mules, cattle and hogs, in great numbers, are annually
exported. The Bourbon cattle are unsurpassed in beauty, or in the
fine quality of their meat, by any in the United States. |
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